Cattle-guard.



M. P. RAINEY.

CATTLE GUARD.

APPLICATION FILED 00T.10, 1912.

1,059,393. Patented p 22, 1913.

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CATTLE-GUARD;

Specification of Letters Patent. 3

Application filed 0ctobera10, 1912. Serial in). 725,063.

To all whom, it may concern f Be it knownthat 1,1 MATHEW :PHILEMON. Runny, a citizenpf the Unit-edStates,re-.

siding at H0ldenville,; in the county of Hughes and State of Oklahoma, have invented anew and useful Cattle-Guard; and I do hereby declare the lfollowing tobeia full, clear, and exact description of. the invention, such as will enable others skilled-in the art towhichit appertains to make and use the same.

This inventionmelates to a new and useful cattle guard, for railway crossings.

As one of the objects of the invention, it. is the aim to construct an improved cattle guard, including an improved pedal mechanism, which when pressure is applied thereon, will automatically actuatea series of guard pickets, sons to throw them upwardly in the :face of ithe animal, thereby preventing him passing along the "track. The throwing of the picket guards upwardly, not only preventsthe animal from passing, but also tends to frighten him.

. One of the features of the improved cattle guard, is the provision of :U -shaped brackets and spacing blocks for the pickets of the guard member-.1

Another feature of the invention is the particular arrangement and detail structure of the pedal, for actuating the guards.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts, as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and cla1med.1

In the drawingsz-Figure1 is a plan :view;

of the improved cattle guard. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view. on line2-2 of Fig. 1, showing imdotted lines the improved picket guard members thrown upwardly Fig. 3iis a crosssectional view on l1ne3-I-3 of Fig. 1. F1g. t 1s a cross sectional view on line 4-4 OfFlgZ: 1. F1gq51sa SQCtlOIliLlr view through the treadle on line 5-5 of Fig.

1. Fig. 6 is a detail view. Fig. 7 is a detail sectlonal view onlme 7-7 of Fig. :1.

Referring more particularly to the. drawings 1 designates the rails, while 2, 3 andvl denote the ties 1 Secured to the ties 3. and 4, and extending from one tothepther are a series of spacing beams 5, the ends of Which that rest upon the tie lterminate in enlarge. ments or spacing blocks 6, which are em= braced by the U-shaped clampsorl supports 7 and 7 between which the pickets 8 of the 1 guard members 9 are pivoted upon the bolts 10. The bolts .10 are also mounted in theL:

shaped brackets 7*. The bolt which. passes through the central picket guard .member extends through each and everyone of :the spacing blocks 6 and iU-sha ed clamps or supports, while the bolts of tie outer guard members. only pass through the spacin blocks oftheouter :beams .5. The free en 5 of the pickets of :eachguard are connected together by the bolts 11., so that when each guard. member is. thrown upwardly, the.

tween the lower portions of the U-shaped parts and the under face ofthe base of the rail, in order to allow the bar 15 to raise and lower.

The :ends 18 of the rocking bars l3zare connected :to the treadle 19. i This treadle 19 comprisesthree sections or blocks 20, 21 and 22.. The section or block 20 is disposed be- Patented Apr. 22,1913;

tween the rails 1, while the sections er -blocks 21 and QQaroarrangedlon the outer sides of the. rails. The sections or blocks 20, 21 and 22 are connectedtbythe plates 23, which are constructed; with U shaped. portions 24 to arch under the rails, in the manner shown in the drawing. These plates 23 areremforced relative toitheblocks or sections 20, 21am] 22,by means of the braces26.

An animal when attemptingto cross the EI'tlCki Wlll instantly throw the guard members upwardly, when treading upon either one ofi the sections orblocks of the treadle, thereby preventing 111111 from crossmga The foregoing. sets forth andthe drawing discloses an improved efficient cattle guard, and one whichlhas been found practlcala The invention 1 having been set forth, what i is claimed as new andusefulis:-

1. lncombmation, a pan: of rail t1es,a series of spacing beams connecting the ties,

one endof 183011.01 which terminates in a spacing block, .U-shaped clamps or supports embracing the spacing blocks, a guard. member comprising pickets pivoted betweenthe. U- shaped clamps, and means. extending;

through the spacing blocks, the U-shaped clamps it and the pickets ;for. pivoting the Ueshaped clamps, means extending through the U-shapedc1amps and spacing blocksand the pickets forsecuringthe pickets pivotally in place, a pivot bar extending through several ofthe spacing vbeams, rockingbars pivoted upon the pivot bar, a bar extending parallel with the lengthof the ties and adjacent one of said ties and connected to the;- rocking bars and on which theguard mem-, bers rest, the bar having U-shaped portions adapted to arch down under, the rails, and a pedal connected to the rockingbars, said pedal comprising three, sections, platesconnecting sa1d sections and haVingU-shaped portions adapted to arch down under t-he ralls, and braces for relnforcingsaid plates.

In testimony whereof I have signed my L.- .T.= SAMMAUR, C.- D. -WI'I'HERSPOON;

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